Buchanan v. McLennan
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stark county; the Hon. Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery filed by Finley McLennan, Christina Buchanan, Mary A. Matheson, Rebecca McLean and Margaret Finlayson, the son and daughters of Barbara McLennan, deceased, against John McLennan, the only child of Duncan McLennan, deceased, (a son of said Barbara McLennan, who died intestate in the year 1880,) in the circuit court of Stark county, for the partition of…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stark county; the Hon. Leslie D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. This is a bill in chancery filed by Finley McLennan, Christina Buchanan, Mary A. Matheson, Rebecca McLean and Margaret Finlayson, the son and daughters of Barbara McLennan, deceased, against John McLennan, the only child of Duncan McLennan, deceased, (a son of said Barbara McLennan, who died intestate in the year 1880,) in the circuit court of Stark county, for the partition of 34.43 acres of land situated in said county, and described as the north half of lot No. 2, of the south-west quarter of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
It is contended by the appellants that the deeds from John McLennan and wife to William Stevenson and from William Stevenson and wife to John McLennan are void, and that the title to said land never passed out of Barbara McLennan, and that at the time of her death she was seized of the same in fee simple, for the reasons, first, there is no proper description of the tract in controversy in either of said deeds; second, there is no sufficient acknowledgment of the deed to Stevenson by Barbara McLennan to pass her title; and third, there was no consideration moving to Barbara McLennan, and by…
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